> At many places the dot matrix printed the
> paychecks to create carbon copies. Employees
> liked that sound. :-)
 
 [g]
 
 That's my kind of printing!
 
> First hassle is to have the proper drivers for them. If you
> also use legacy hardware and software the laser printer may
> be newer than your computer system.
 
PM> Hmm. Hadn't thought of that yet. I was even considering
PM> setting some of them up on DOS boxes but I guess that's not
PM> a possibility? These are old HPs? Did they ever run on DOS.
 
> The HP laser I have was originally using only DOS
> and WordPerfect drivers. I think it would allow a
> print from the DOS command line but it's been a
> long long time now and I'm not sure.
 
 Okay. Good to know. Thanks. WordPerfect for
 DOS is still THE popular wordprocessor at the
 volunteer group.
 
PM> I'm thinking of cost per page. Someone 
 
> Again, it's been a long time for me but I think
> the paper is from 1/2 to 1 cent per page if you
> use 'good' quality bond paper and I seem to
> recall something more like 3 cents per page for
> dot matrix but I could be wrong.
 
 The tractor feed paper for dot matrix here hasn't
 gone quite that high yet, but seems to be moving
 in that direction. Just to keep things going at
 our budget level, I keep buying up boxes of the
 stuff at distress prices, I suppose originally
 from supplies no longer needed by offices that
 have switched over.  But this source is
 understandably shrinking.
 
> Inkjet seems to be double laser costs mainly
> because each cartridge runs out of ink quite
> rapidly from what I've seen.
 
 Yep, you're dead on there; it's the major
 complaint of people I know using inkjets -- they
 sure don't give you much. See my reply to Jasen
 Betts.
 

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